To be effective and competent at the Legislature, legislators and their staff need time to gather knowledge, analyze it, ...

There’s also the fact that Hawaiʻi is the only Western state that doesn’t allow statewide citizens initiatives, in which ...

We're paying a steep price for trying to jam too many people into a limited space that once allowed us to flourish.

Will Caron is director of communications at the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, a policy research and ...

A number of accountability bills have sailed through legislative committee hearings. Others could use some last-minute public support.

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawai‘i.

Shootz! tags along with runners and mating butterflies, and catches the late-season swells on the North Shore.

Lawmakers may hold off on extending the rail excise surcharge this year to see what the Trump administration does next.

Is it time for Hawaiʻi to make cannabis legal for recreational use? Or should we stick to medical use in our islands?

Gordon Cordeiro was convicted for the 1994 killing of a Maui man during a drug deal robbery. This story was written by ...

State government has struggled to fill vacancies and nearly a third of its workers will be eligible for retirement in the next five years. Hawaiʻi’s governor has an urgent message for federal ...

DHHL wants to transform an airport hanger into a manufacturing center to lower costs and address a waitlist so long that ...