This is not how a recovery-supportive system should work. Senate Bill 2425 is intended to change that.

It risks locking Hawaiʻi into higher costs for decades.

If we take action now, we can create lasting structures of protection and accountability.

The University of Hawaiʻi is one of the most important institutions in the state. The public needs to know more, not less, about who’s running it.

Rep. Elle Cochran hasn’t been much of a player at the Legislature in recent years.

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

Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonist.

A bill under consideration would give the transportation department broad authority to direct program funds for its existing projects, without going through the legislatively mandated evaluation process of the other proposals.

The lack of transparency and accountability is the first thing wrong with the entire investigation.

Supporters say the 2-acre parcel can grow taro, be used to educate kids and teach people about food sustainability in Hawaiʻi.