HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, was Statehood Day in Hawaii. The state holiday, which falls on the third Friday in August, remembers Aug. 21, 1959, when President Dwight Eisenhower ...

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COURTESY PHOTO Kurt Fevella COURTESY PHOTO Kurt Fevella The list of annual state holidays in Hawaii could grow by one under legislation that easily passed a milestone last week. State senators voted ...

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On Aug. 21, 1959 — 65 years ago Wednesday — a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean —Hawaii, a U.S. territory since 1898 — became the 50th state and the only state that’s not part of the North ...

Preface : "statehood sucks" -- Introduction : Colliding futures of Hawaiʻi statehood -- A future wish : Hawaiʻi at the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition -- The courage to speak : disrupting ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The official state portrait of former Gov. David Ige was unveiled and dedicated Sunday at Capitol Modern: the Hawaii State Art Museum. Ige served as Hawaii’s eighth governor ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The 59th annual Hawaii State Farm Fair will return on July 12 to July 13 after a two-year hiatus. Whitmore Village will be the fair’s new permanent location. “So many people came ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. Testimony on SB 614 has been near-unanimously supportive, ...