In these difficult times, take a moment to reach out. Ask how someone is really doing. Listen. Be kind. Offer support.


While there may be benefits to a vertically integrated system, there will also be costs.

Stripping political status to dismantle the trusts that sustain the people is not righteous; it is a corruption of the law.

Budget negotiators made hard choices and delivered on a promise that was genuinely difficult to keep.

I thought I was immune to the lure of the pickup. Then I hopped behind the wheel of my dad’s red stick shift.

We can only work together if we stop demonizing animals and stop taking each other’s tools off the table.

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

Dangerous bike stunts and other public safety issues are examples of restrictions that policymakers try to crack down on.

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

Hawaiʻi lawmakers still can’t bring themselves to do anything that changes how they do business or makes it easier for other people to run for office.