February 20, 2026
February 20, 2026
Local News
- Senate Bill To Legalize Recreational Cannabis Advances At Hawaiʻi Capitol | KITV
- Union Rebukes Senator As School Leadership Bill Sparks Capitol Clash | KHON
- Bill Would Fund Sanctuary For Hawaii’s Homeless Women, Children | SA
- Legislative Bills To Create Nurse Staffing Committees Dead | SA
- Commercial Aquarium Fishing Ban Proposal Hits Choppy Waters At State Level | HPR
- Sick Of Early Crowing? Residents Could Be Allowed To Kill Wild Chickens | HPR
- Measure Aims To Restructure HECO In Effort To Lower Energy Bills | HNN
- Bill That Creates Harsher Penalties For Those Driving Without A License Advances | KITV
- Loud Vehicles Could Be Targeted By New Cameras | SA
- Tax On Groceries To Stay, For Now | ASD
- AI Music Regulations, A State Symphony, And More In These Bills To Watch | ASD
- Tab For Pandemic Hazard Pay Grows As Gov. Green Seeks Another $100 Million | HCB
- Hawaii Senator Secures $2 Million For Waianae Homeless Village | HNN
- FEMA Sends $33.4M To Support Rebuilding And Recovery In The Islands | KHON
- Concerns Raised Over Hawaii Pacific Health-HMSA Partnership’s Impact On Native Hawaiian Care | HNN
- Hawaii Union Membership In 2025 Led Nation At 26% | SA
- Report: Hawaii’s Economy Falls Behind With Stagnant Incomes, Productivity | HNN
- Hawaiʻi Records Its Second Driest Year In Over A Century | HPR
- What Is Hawaiʻi’s Future If We Don’t Embrace STEM: New Report | KHON
- 'Ultra Luxury' Hawaiʻi Island Homes Could Get Separate Property Tax Tier | HPR
- It’s Been A Wet Month So Far In East Hawaii, But Drought Persists | HTH
- Waikoloa Evacuation Drill Set For Saturday | WHT
- Mayor Visits Kauai Community College Students Learning Trades | GI
- Lahaina’s Famed Banyan Tree Still ‘In The ICU’ | HCB
- Maui Nonprofit Seeks Drivers To Help Disabled Kupuna | HNN
- Failed $20 Bribe: 92-Year-Old Architect Sentenced In Honolulu Permitting Case | HCB
- ‘Insulting’: Community Outraged After Navy Excused From Meetings On Red Hill Spill | HNN
- Frustrations Aired On Proposed Permanent Parking Ban In Lanikai | HNN
- Pediatric Drowning Cases On The Rise From Last Year | KHON
- Editorial: Leasehold Project Needs More Work | SA
- The Sunshine Blog: Who's The School Bill Bully? | HCB
- Community Voice: Smart State Investments Deliver Real Returns For Hawai‘i | HCB
- Testimony: Define ’Emergency’ And ‘Disaster’ In State Law To Provide Clarity | GIH
- Testimony: State Should Not Be Given Power To Collect Property Taxes | GIH
- Testimony: Let Lahaina’s Burned Structures Be Rebuilt To Previous Heights | GIH
- Testimony: Modify Apartment Floor-Area Ratio To Create More Housing Options | GIH
National News
- Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs, Upending Central Plank Of Economic Agenda | AP
- ‘I Lost A Lot Of Hope’: Nevada Pays $100K To Woman Convicted For Miscarriage Under 1911 Law | AP
- Federal Government Issues Guidance On Prayer In Schools | CS
- Can Robots Fill Alabama’s Rural Maternity Care Gap? | GOV
- How States Could Unlock Mortgage Access For Buyers Of Manufactured Homes | GOV
- How Illinois Turned $10 Million Into $1.1 Billion In Medical Debt Relief | GOV
- Opinion: A Better Way To Handle Immigrants’ Occupational Licensing | GOV
- Kentucky Supreme Court Strikes Down Charter Schools Law | The Hill
- Hundreds Of Students Suspended, Schools Under Close Watch Over Anti-ICE Walkouts | The Hill
- These States Don’t Require An ID To Vote At The Polls. The ‘SAVE Act’ Could Change That | The Hill
- HUD Rule Could Push Families With Undocumented Immigrants Out Of Their Homes | NPR
- What Worked And What Didn't With A Cellphone Ban At A Kentucky School | NPR
- The Major Supreme Court Decisions In 2026 | NYT
- NGA Pulls Out Of Annual White House Meeting After 2 Dems Left Out | PB
- Physician Shortage Prompts States To Embrace Immigrant Doctors | PB
- Maryland Senate Unmoved In Face Of Redistricting Pressure | PB
- Showcase Honors State Projects For ‘Doing Things Differently’ | Route Fifty
- Data Center Growth Goes Full Steam Ahead Across The US | Route Fifty
- AI Enters The Race: How Texas Primary Candidates Are Using It In 2026 Ads | Route Fifty
- As Trump Pushes Voting Restrictions, States Have A Rarely Used Option To Push Back | SL